Table 3.

List of search strings in different digital library.

Digital Library.	Query String	Scope	Limitation
Web of science	AB = (application OR app OR smartphone OR smartphone OR tablet) AND AB = (sedentary OR sedentary behavior OR sedentary behavior OR sitting OR screen time OR inactive OR inactivity)	Abstract	Limited to journals, English, 2006–2022
CINAHL	AB = (application OR app OR smartphone OR smartphone OR tablet) AND AB = (sedentary OR sedentary behavior OR sedentary behavior OR sitting OR screen time OR inactive OR inactivity)	Abstract	Limited to journals, English, 2006–2022
Scopus	(TITLE-ABS-KEY (application OR app OR smartphone OR smart AND phone OR tablet) AND TITLE-ABS-KEY (sedentary OR sedentary AND behavior OR sedentary AND behavior OR sitting OR screen AND time OR inactive OR inactivity)) AND PUBYEAR > 2006 AND (LIMIT-TO (PUBSTAGE, “final”)) AND (LIMIT-TO (DOCTYPE, “ar”) OR LIMIT-TO (DOCTYPE, “cp”)) AND (LIMIT-TO (LANGUAGE, “English”))	Title, Abstract and keywords	Limited to journals, English, publication stage: final, 2006–2022
PsychInfo	(application OR app OR smartphone OR smartphone OR tablet).tw. AND (sedentary OR sedentary behavior OR sedentary behavior OR sitting OR screen time OR inactive OR inactivity).tw.	Title and Abstract	Limited to journals, English, human, 2006–2022
PubMed	(application [Title/Abstract] OR app [Title/Abstract] OR smartphone [Title/Abstract] OR smartphone [Title/Abstract] OR tablet [Title/Abstract]) AND (sedentary [Title/Abstract] OR sedentary behavior [Title/Abstract] OR sedentary behavior [Title/Abstract] OR sitting [Title/Abstract] OR screen time [Title/Abstract] OR inactive [Title/Abstract] OR inactivity [Title/Abstract])	Title and Abstract	Limited to journals, English, human, 2006–2022